Reflections

"The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings."

Kakuzo Okakura

Sometimes it takes years for us to notice alterations to life. It comes as a gentle reflection of how things used to be. Then there are other situations that change seems to be forced upon us with nothing gentle about it. The hardest, perhaps, is the acceptance of how we have personally changed ... physically, mentally, and spiritually.

There needs to be a willingness to trust the thrust of life, to be prepared to accelerate or slow the hell down. Often there is a backlash from decisions we have made, and reconsideration may poignantly redirect our focus. It seems that the lesson itself is not the challenge, but the knowledge learned while moving through it.

Shifting through transitions is a matter of contracting and expanding, similar to the thrusting of labor. Labor is never quite the same nor is the aftermath. Focus needs to be on what is to be learned in spite of endurance and pain. Acceptance rather than expectation brings easement to uncharted courses in life.